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IN RE CARTER

No. 94-FM-403.

665 A.2d 991 (1995)

In re Rico CARTER, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Williams, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

Garland Pinkston, Jr., Acting Corporation Counsel at the time, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Sonia A. Bacchus, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a civilly committed patient confined in the John Howard Pavilion, Ward 9, of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, requested an order of the Superior Court directing his transfer to a less restrictive confinement alternative in the Hospital. Hospital officials opposed the transfer because of what they viewed as a continuing pattern of delusional and dangerous behavior exhibited by appellant. The trial court denied the application.

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